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This old Spanish painting – The Virgin and Child distributing the Rosary to Saints and the Royal Family – comes up at Lynes and Lynes sale in Carrigtwohill, Co. Cork on November 30. The oil on canvas is estimated at 1,000-1,500. The auction comprises lots from estates including Gurrane near Fermoy and Ballydowney House, Killarney. The catalogue is online and this is lot 95 out of 414 lots.
UPDATE: THIS MADE 1,100 AT HAMMER
Majella O’Neill Collins – Sherkin Gust. UPDATE: THIS MADE 1,300 AT HAMMER
This oil on canvas by Sherkin Island based artist Majella O’Neill Collins comes up as lot 24 at Morgan O’Driscoll’s current off the wall online art auction. The estimate is 1,500-2,000. The auction runs until the evening of December 3 and includes work by Sean Scully, Arthur Maderson, Graham Knuttel, Markey Robinson, Damien Hirst, John Behan and many more artists.
CHINESE TIBETO GILT BRONZE SCEPTRE
This Chinese Tibeto gilt bronze sceptre with an estimate of €3,000-€5,000 sold for a hammer price of €30,000 at the opening session of Sheppards three day auction in Durrow of contents from Grange Manor, Co. Kilkenny and other clients. It contains the six-character reign mark of the Yongle Emperor (1402 – 1424). The makara head is above flowing lotus scrolls over a faceted pierced dorje handle. The Makara is a legendary sea creature in Hindu mythology. The Currach Fishermen by Liam O’Neill made €11,000, the Great Seal of Ireland of Henry VIII made €8,500, a pair of gilt console tables made €5,500, a Mughal hand woven carpet made €5,500, a tree of life carpet made €5,500, a Donegal carpet made €5,500, a pen and ink portrait by Jack B Yeats made €5,000, a gilt, bronze and marble clock garniture made €4,800, a George III inlaid bookcase made €4,000, a portrait of Anna Stewart by Nathanial Hone made €4,000, a large two tier Irish crystal chandelier made €3,800, a pair of 19th century Black Forest bears made €3,000, a 20th century Meissen figure of King Augustus on Horseback made €3,200 and an Irish brass bound peat bucket made €2,800. The sale is ongoing.
Ciaran Clear (1920-2000) – Moonlight, Cape Clear, Roaring Water Bay. UPDATE: THIS MADE 5,200 AT HAMMER
This moonlit oil on board by Ciaran Clear comes up as lot 40 at Morgan O’Driscoll’s Irish art online auction which runs until this evening. The estimate is 2,000-3,000. The sale features a wide variety of art and sculpture by artists like Liam O’Neill, Kenneth Webb, John Behan, Louis le Brocquy, Basil Blackshaw and many more.
A full sized Irish silver replica of the Ardagh Chalice is among the highlights at Matthews two day auction of jewellery and antiques in Kells on November 26 and 27. The Ardagh Chalice is one of the greatest treasures of the early Irish church and represents a high point in early medieval craftsmanship. It was found in Co. Limerick in the 19th century and is on display at the National Museum. This replica by Weir and Sons is hallmarked Dublin 1909 and the estimate is €5,000-€8,000. The Sam Maguire Cup is modelled on the Ardagh Chalice.
UPDATE: THIS MADE €5,300 AT HAMMER
The Dolan Boys, Waiting by John Doherty. UPDATE: THIS MADE 70,000 AT HAMMER
As the years go by the photo realist art of John Doherty reflects an Ireland that is vanishing fast. If anything this makes the work of this virtuoso even more precious. His 1995 painting titled The Dolan Boys, Waiting, brings you back to an Ireland of yesteryear. No surprise that the artist initially trained as an architect. The subject of the work is in Birr. It is a leading lot at de Vere’s outstanding Irish art evening auction in Dublin on November 26 with an estimate of €40,000-€60,000. There are major works by Roderic O’Conor, Yeats, Osborne, Leech, Shinnors, Norah McGuinness, Mary Swanzy, Nano Reid and others on offer.
Garden’s Pride by Mark O’Neill. UPDATE: THIS MADE 4,600 AT HAMMER
Garden’s Pride by Mark O’Neill is among the highlights at Dolan’s timed online sale which runs until November 25. The auction features Irish paintings, rare Irish whiskeys, wine, antiques, glassware, silver and collectibles. The O’Neill painting is estimated at €4,000-€6,000. The top lot is a collection of ten Midleton Very Rare Irish Whiskeys from 2016 to 2024 with an estimate of €6,000-€8,000.
19th century Killarney wood breakfast table at Aidan Foley’s sale UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD AND IS UNDER OFFER
With big sales by Aidan Foley in Killarney, Shepperds in Durrow and Lynes and Lynes in Carrigtwohill next week collectors will be spoiled by an array of astonishing and rare choices as the winter selling season reaches it maximum point.
There is much to see and appreciate, from the finest of Irish furniture to a complete apothecary cabinet, a bronze stag, Patek Philippe and Rolex watches and even a Great Seal of Ireland of Henry VIII on vellum dated 1544.
The Killarney furniture including a museum quality davenport at Aidan Foley’s three day sale has aroused international interest. The retirement auction on behalf of Pat O’Connor of Killarney Antiques is now on view at the shop on the Cork road. The in-room and online auction with 1388 lots takes place at the Killarney Heights Hotel next Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday at 2.30 pm on each day.
A Killarney breakfast table, two davenports and a sewing table range in estimate from €3,000 to €50,000. There is a selection of Killarney trinket boxes, games boards, trays and travelling writing boxes on offer as well as antique furniture, a range of artists from Marshall Hutson to Maurice Wilks, Ann Tallentire and Sean O’Connor, mirrors, porcelain and collectibles including a 19th century estate bronze bell and an original Cork Examiner enamel advertising sign.
A pair of Meissen figural candelabras a Sheppards. UPDATE: THESE WERE UNSOLD
At Sheppards a pair of Irish 19th century marquetry side cabinets once in the Long Room at Kilkenny Castle will highlight a three day sale of contents from Grange Manor in Co. Kilkenny and other clients next Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. The estimate for this historically important pair of cabinets sold separately at the dispersal auction at the castle in 1935 is €100,000-€150,000.
The seal of Henry VIII grants various properties around Inistioge including fishing rights on the River Nore to Milo Barron Bishop of Ossory and his brother David. The estimate is €7,000-€9,000. More than 1600 lots will come under the hammer. Viewing gets underway today at Grange Manor, the auction is in Durrow and online.
A Patek Philippe man’s watch with an estimate of €50,000-€80,000 will lead the Lynes and Lynes sale in Carrigtwohill next Saturday (November 30). There are contents from Gurrane House near Fermoy which has been in the Blackley, Grant and Deane families since it was built in 1850. A collection of circus clowns in the auction (€2,500-€3,500) was amassed by a clown at Duffy’s. Circus and is being sold by his nephew. A set of fine Georgian Cork 11-bar chairs (€4,000-€5,000) and a Georgian dining table (€3,000-€4,000) should generate interest.
A going away outfit dating to c1850 at Lynes and Lynes. UPDATE: THIS MADE 460 AT HAMMER
Large old family houses contain hidden treasures. Among the signature pieces from Gurrane is a complete 19th century mahogany apothecary cabinet (€600-€1,000) owned by Dr. Travers Robert Blackley (1801-1876) and an 1850 going away outfit.. This was worn by Mrs Charles Deane (nee Grant), who married Colonel Charles Deane of Gurrane circa 1850. A Spanish School painting of The Virgin and Child distributing the Rosary to Saints and the Royal Family is estimated at €1,000-€1,500. There is a similar estimate on a Plan of the City and Suburbs of Cork drawn in 1832 by Thomas Holt. There will be local interest too in a Robert Stopford engraving of Cork Harbour and a large view of the Cork International Exhibition from 1903. Viewing gets underway in Carrigtwohill today.
The bronze stag is at Aidan Foley’s auction and there is garden furniture on offer at all three sales.
A close up of some of the clown collection at Lynes and Lynes. UPDATE: THE CLOWN COLLECTION MADE 3,100 AT HAMMER
George Mounsey Wheatley Atkinson (1806-1884) – A Barque Passing Roches Point Lighthouse, at the Entrance to Cork Harbour (c.1850) UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD
This c1850 oil on canvas by George Mounsey Wheatley Atkinson of a barque passing Roches Point lighthouse at Cork Harbour is lot 18 at Morgan O’Driscoll’s current online auction of Irish art. The wind is from the south and not in the ships favour. A number of paintings by the artist made prices significantly above the estimate at Sotheby’s this month and one made €34,000 at Morgan O’Driscoll’s auction in October. The estimate for this one is €8,000-12,000. The auction features work by Donald Teskey, Louis le Brocquy, Liam O’Neill, Richard Brydges Beechey, Mr. Brainwash, Frank McKelvey, Conor Fallon, William Scott and a wide variety of artists. The sale runs until November 25.
Study for The Ratification of the Irish Treaty in the House of Lords, December 1921 by Sir John Lavery (1856-1941).
This historical study by Sir John Lavery sold for £43,750 (€52,562) at Bellmans in Britain today and was bought by the Hugh Lane Gallery in Dublin. Estimated at £20,000 – £30,000, the work generated competition from both online and telephone bidders before the hammer came down at £35,000 (£43,750 including premium). The Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin hosted the 2021 centenary exhibition, Studio & State: The Laverys and the Anglo-Irish Treaty, and were delighted to add to their collection of works by Lavery.
On Friday, 16 December 1921 the Irish Treaty passed from the Commons to the House of Lords for ratification. It was the moment the British Empire changed – it had been expanding rapidly since the 1870s, but went into steep decline, and led to civil war in Ireland and ultimately the emergence of a ‘Free State’.
(See post on antiquesandartireland.com for August 25, 2024)
